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It’s not all pomp, parties and politics in St. Paul this week. Former senator Bill Frist talks about the One campaigns’ efforts to fight global AIDS and extreme poverty. This video was shot by Inside the Tent contributor Josh Ruxin, a guest speaker at the Republican National Convention.

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No way, says North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr. “But I understand why (Democrats) say it’s in play,” he tells Inside the Tent contributor John Steward. “If you eliminate Virginia and North Carolina, it’s hard for Barack Obama to get to 270 (electoral votes).”

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Jesse Irwin talks about how supporters of Ron Paul, former Republican candidate for president, want to take the GOP back to its ideological roots. This video was shot by Kelly Nuxoll of Huffington Post’s Off The Bus, a contributor to Inside the Tent.

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Philippa Broom from the British Conservative Party — invited by its sister party, the GOP, to attend the convention in St. Paul — speaks about why America’s presidential pick is important to Britain. This video was shot by Inside the Tent contributor John Steward.

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Hurricane Gustav may have sucked some of the fun out of the Republican National Convention, but will John McCain‘s campaign miss the presence of President Bush? Inside the Tent contributor Joseph Irvine speaks with Richard Himelfarb, a professor at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY. Reuters Inside the Tent has more than 40 delegates and other attendees in St. Paul and Denver, equipped with video cameras to capture the conventions from the ground up. Irvine is not a Reuters employee and any opinions expressed are his own.Click here for a full list of contributors.Click here for more Inside the Tent blogs.Click here for more Reuters 2008 election coverage.

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Barack Obama‘s acceptance speech in Denver — although quickly overshadowed by John McCain‘s surprise vice president choice and the looming presence of Hurricane Gustav — drew heavy praise from the Democratic faithful last week. The most common response was a single word: “Awesome.”